Hegel was influenced by Kant, the Western enlightenment, and Fichte and Schelling, but also by ancient Greek tragedy and his varying historical studies. He was the last great systematic philosopher, with works that covered every philosophical question at that time...
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The crux of the rationalist/empiricist debate lies in how we explain our possession of ideas that seemingly could not come from experience, such as the ideas of infinity or perfection... #historyofphilosophy #intellectualtraditions #johnlocke #empiricism #georgeberkeley #Idealism #rationalism #metaphysics #epistemology #philosophy #dualism #experience https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/lockes-empiricism-berkeleys-idealism/

#ReneDescartes was a mathematician, scientist and philosopher, with a Jesuit education and training as an army engineer. He was one of the philosophers who attacked scholasticism in light of the new Copernican/Galilean science... #mindbody #descartes #dualism #rationalism #foundationalism #philosophy #historyofphilosophy #intellectualtraditions #Scholasticism #copernicanrevolution
https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/the-rationalism-and-dualism-of-descartes/